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As President Donald Trump declared Washington, D.C., a crime-ridden wasteland in need of federal intervention this week and threatened similar federal interventions in other Black-led cities, several mayors compared notes. The president’s characterization of their cities contradicts what they began noticing last year: that they were seeing a drop in violent crime after a pandemic-era spike. In some cases the …

Vappie and his lawyers have not issued a comment.  The indictment emerged after a lengthy corruption investigation that overshadowed her final term as mayor, which ends in January. Together, she and Vappie face 18 felony accounts, including conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, false statements and false statements before a grand jury.  Over a year ago, shortly after retiring from …

Mayors Karen Bass, Brandon Johnson, Barbara Lee, Brandon Scott and Eric Adams are responding to President Trump’s suggestion that their cities — LA, Chicago, Oakland, Baltimore and New York — may need federal intervention like what he is doing in D.C. Mike Egerton/PA Images, Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu, Genaro Molina/LA Times, Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images, Peter K. Afriyie/AP hide caption …

Ex-Governor Switches Back to Eric Adams in NYC Mayor’s Race  The New York Times NYC mayor’s race: Former Governor David Paterson to endorse Eric Adams; new poll shows Mamdani with commanding lead  ABC7 New York NYC Mayor Eric Adams picks up former Democratic governor’s endorsement  Fox News Ex-Gov. David Paterson backing Eric Adams for NYC mayor— after endorsing Andrew Cuomo in Dem primary  New …

National guard troops began to arrive at their headquarters in Washington DC on Tuesday as Democratic mayors warned Donald Trump against expanding his law and order power grab in other major cities. The US president announced on Monday that he was sending the national guard into the nation’s capital and putting city police under federal control, even though the violent …

Before the mayor of San Jose, California, arrives at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new business, his aides ask ChatGPT to help draft some talking points. “Elected officials do a tremendous amount of public speaking,” said Mayor Matt Mahan, whose recent itinerary has taken him from new restaurant and semiconductor startup openings to a festival of lowriding car culture. Other …

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he will campaign for mayor of New York City as an independent candidate, staying in a crowded field running against surging left-wing Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani. In a video, Cuomo, who last month suffered a bruising loss to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, announced he was making another …